Overview
Description
This course examines theories of liberation and justice, particularly as they address questions of race, gender, class, sexuality, state power, and global relations. Readings are interdisciplinary and include a range of social theory, cultural critique, and writings drawn from social movements.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- situate theories of liberation and justice in their intellectual and political contexts.
- recognize the role of social structures and relations of power in creating contexts and conditions of inequality among social and cultural groups as related to knowledge production and dissemination.
- select and apply appropriate methods and theories to histories, cultural contexts, and/or texts in written critical analyses.
- identify ways in which social cultural groups can, do, or have contested conditions of inequality, injustice, or control.
- articulate and contextualize, in writing and discussion, various theories of intersectional identity and experience as they apply to theories of liberation and justice.